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K. E. VERHOVEN CONTAINER Filed July 5, 1936 Dec. 22, 19-36.

J qtawwa Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER,

Application July 3, 1936, Serial 'No. 88,859 2 Claims. (craze-52) Myinvention relates to paperboard market containers or boxes formed forconveniently carrying articles of different forms, such as merchandise.The box comprises a pair of telescoping members, one of the membersadapted to support the articles, the other of the members forming anouter enclosing box or shell.

The invention has for its object to provide a market box havingtelescoping members, the inner of the members havinghandles forsupporting the box and its contents and the other of the members havingflaps foldable intermediate the handles for securing the handles intheir position.

The invention also has for its object to provide a pair of membersinsertable one within the other, the inner of the members formed of astrip of relatively thick paper, such as corrugated board, and formingthe bottom of the container and: having two side parts and handlesformed in the ends of the strips.

The invention also has for its object to provide an enclosing memberfitting parts of an inner member and movable along the edges of theinner member and supported on protruding parts of the inner member forcontaining articles of different forms.

The invention also consists in providing flaps on an enclosing memberthat are located intermediate the side walls of an inner member on whicharticles within the container are supported.

The invention may be contained in boxes and containers that vary intheir details, and to illustrate a practical application of theinvention, I have selected a container or box formed for convenientlycarrying merchandise therein, as illustrative of the practiralapplication of the invention and as an example of the structurescontaining the invention and shall describe the box selectedhereinafter. The box particularly referred to is shown in theaccompanying draw- Fig. 1 of the drawing, illustrates a perspectiveviewof a box having a pair of enclosing relatively telescoping members.Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the box open and itstelescoping members when removed longitudinally from their normalpositions. Fig. 3 illustrates a broken view of a blank cut and scored toform the-inner member of the box.

The container is formed of two members I and 2 that have parts whosedimensions are such that when the box is assembled, the members may belocated one within the other telescopically.

The inner member I is a strip of paper board cut and scored to form thebottom part 3 of the box or container, the side parts 4, the flaps 5,and the handle parts Ii. The blank is scored along the lines I, 8, and 9which enable folding of the parts relative to each other, The ends ofthe strip are cut'to form the openings III that form the handle parts 6.The bottom part 3 has the protruding edge parts II that extend beyondthe line of the edges of the sides 4, the flaps 5,

' and the handles 6. I

The outer member 2 is formed 'from suitable stiff paper or cardboard orcorrugated board, as may be desired, and is cut and scored to form thetwo sides I2, the ends I3, and the flaps I4 that are integrallyconnected with the upper edges of the ends I3. The parts of the member 2that form the sides I2 and the ends I3 are scored and folded to form arectangular shape. The end edge parts of the member overlap and aresecured together by suitable staples I6. The dimensions of the parts ofthe member 2 are such as tom the sides 4 of the member I, particularlyas determined by the distance between the score lines I, and also ,asdetermined by the width of the sides 4, so that the sides 4 havedimensions substantially the same as the inner dimensions of the sidesI2 of the member 2. The protruding edge parts II are located below andengage the lower edges of the ends I3 of the member 2.

When, therefore, the member 2 is moved down to enclose the member I, thelower edges of the ends I3 engage the edge parts.

The flaps I4 may be folded to locate them between the end parts of thesides 4 of the inner member to not only cover and close the interior ofthe space between the sides 4 of the member I and the ends I3 of themember 2, but also to lock the sides 4 in their positions against thesides I2. This locates the flaps 5 on the outside of the box. The flaps5 are folded onto the folded flaps I4 and close or cover the top of thebox.

The handle parts 6 are thus brought into contact h The member 2 not onlyfits the exterior of the member I but is also supported thereon andengaged thereby.

s located in the box, notwithstanding the weight of the box and itscontents.

I claim:

1. A container formed or a pair of paper board members located onewithin the other and having contacting side walls of substantially thesame dimensions, the end walls of the outer member having flaps, theinner member having a bottom part, the bottom part having projectingledges for engaging the lower end edges of the end walls of the outermember, the upper ends of the side walls of the inner member havingfoldable parts substantially covering the said flaps and forming the topof the box and handles connected to the said foldable parts for carryingthe said container.

2. A container formed of a pair of paper board members located onewithin the other and having contacting side walls of substantially thesame dimensions, the end walls of the outer member having flaps, theinner member having a bottom part, the upper ends of the side walls ofthe inner member having foldable parts-substantially covering the saidflaps and forming the top of the box and handles connected to the saidfoldable parts, means for interconnecting the inner and outer membersfor supporting the outer member on the inner member when the containeris carried by the handles.

KRAMER E. VERHOVEN.

